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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Root" Definition
noun
A base or support: We snipped the wires at the roots.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A primary source; an origin. See Synonyms at origin.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A progenitor or ancestor from which a person or family is descended.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
An essential part or element; the basic core: I finally got to the root of the problem.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Any of various other underground plant parts, especially an underground stem such as a rhizome, corm, or tuber.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
idiom
Root and branch Utterly; completely: The organization has been transformed root and branch by its new leaders.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To become firmly established, settled, or entrenched.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To come into existence; originate.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To dig in the earth with or as if with the snout or nose.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To give audible encouragement or applause to a contestant or team; cheer. See Synonyms at applaud.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To grow roots or a root.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To cause to put out roots and grow.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To dig with or as if with the snout or nose: Even a blind hog can root up an acorn.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To furnish a primary source or origin to.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To implant by or as if by the roots.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To remove by or as if by the roots. Often used with up or out: "declared that waste and fraud will be vigorously rooted out of Government” ( New York Times).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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